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The item on the Hospital Cup (page 28 in our last issue) raised a lot of interest and we repro‐ duce the photo of the Cups, and of three of the eleven who won the cup in 1953. The photos Previous page: The Hospital Cup Below: Three of the eleven who won the Hos‐ pital Cup in 1953 David ʺGeezeʺ Merri‐ weather, Peter Robson and Norman Over‐ field were taken at the 2003 Scarborough Christmas dinner THE ‘BRIGHT BOWL’ FINAL 15th July 1954 by John D Found (1949-57) vember 2004. As this year marks the 50th Anniversary of a High school team winning the Bright Bowl for the first time, it is proposed to have a table to mark the occasion at the annual Christmas Dinner at the Palm Court Hotel on Friday 26th No‐ I hope that at least some of the team will at‐ tend. Our “Guest” will be the Bright Bowl trophy which we have managed to borrow for the evening. To jog memories, the team, plus reserve (team photograph shown top of page) was: 28 Norman Overfield, Dave Goulding, Howard Reynolds, Glyn Bower, Barry (Wally) Walker, John Mitchell, John Found, Barry Beanland, Dick Hartley, Mike Scott, Graham Thornton, and Tony Midgley. If you can come please make your booking in the normal way – but please advise myself or Norman Overfield. THE ‘BRIGHT BOWL’ FINAL 15th July 1954 by John D Found (1949-57) For young High School cricketers 1954 was a very special year. Cricket was of paramount importance and the game in England was at its peak. The ashes had been re‐ gained the year before and a new test side, Pakistan, was making its debut on the world stage. More close to home, two old boys, Ted Lester and Bill Foord were regulars in a strong Yorkshire side. Sadly, no‐one had advised the great Weather‐ man, and a very wet summer was in progress. It was so wet, in fact, and the Test series was so disrupted by rain, that the England skipper, Len Hutton suggested that an extra test match be played at Scarborough. This suggestion was not taken up. It was against this background that cricket of a different nature was being played at North Marine Road. The ‘Bright Bowl’ competition was a very successful knock‐out series organ‐ ised by Scarborough Cricket Club for teams of under 17’s. The holders of the trophy for the two previous seasons had been a powerful Scarborough College XI, an independent school coached by the late and great Percy Holmes. They were favourites to make it a hat trick of wins. A youthful Boys’ High School side, captained by Norman Overfield, had comfortably won
The ‘Bright Bowl’ team: Back row: Dave Goulding; Barry Beanland; Graham Thornton; Mike Scott; Wally Walker; Howard Reynolds; Tony Midgley. Front row: Glyn Bower; John Found; Norman Overfield (Captain); Dick Hartley; John Mitchell. through to the final ; High School versus Col‐ lege then, always a mouth watering prospect. College batted first against the tidy bowling of Overfield and ‘Pont’ Reynolds. They were to bowl right through the allotted 25 overs. The College openers scored freely and the 50 was reached after only 10 overs with no wickets down. However, once the openers were disposed of by Overfield the game tilted the High School’s way. In the words of the ‘Evening News’ re‐ port, “After the cream of the batting order, the milk that followed proved to be very watery!” In fact, the College lads self‐destructed alarm‐ ingly and their middle order wickets were thrown away in a bout of suicidal running. What Percy thought of it can only be guessed 29 at! Two key batsmen (one of them Tony Moor no less) were run out and the College stuttered to a total of 120‐7 when 150 had looked dis‐ tinctly possible. Norman Overfield, literally and metaphori‐ cally head and shoulders above the rest, was the arch‐destroyer, for in addition to taking 5 wickets he had a hand in one of the run‐outs. The High School’s reply was faltering. Most of our batsmen made a start but nobody built an innings as the overs ticked away remorse‐ lessly. Only Graham Thornton, 22, and ‘Puss’ Goulding, 17, showed form. Overfield with 27 precious runs stopped the rot but after 18 overs the score was a paltry 69 for 4 in deterio‐ rating conditions. But ‘cometh the hour, cometh the man’. As
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